ESA ran a full-scale solar storm drill to prepare for the next Carrington Event - an eruption powerful enough to disrupt life on Earth.

A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

We're just weeks away from this interstellar visitor reaching its brightest in Earth's night skies. Will we see it?

Five of Earth’s vital systems are close to a point of irreversible change, warns a new report released by a global network of scientists ahead of the upcoming U.N. climate change conference in Brazil.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...

"It was just a matter of time before we found them." ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

If you’ve ever wanted to see a chunk of the early solar system with your own eyes, now’s your chance. The comet C/2025 A6, commonly called Comet Lemmon, is currently on approach with the inner solar ...

A comet known as 3I/ATLAS made news in July when it was confirmed to have originated outside Earth's solar system. One infamous theory even posited that the interstellar interloper, estimated to be ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed—Earth's solar system and its planets looked more ...